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TMT looks to the future
TMT Machinery Inc is looking to the future in China, a market which represents 80% of its business worldwide.
Pigment inks next target for Everlight
Pigment inks for direct-to-garment (DTG) printing are the latest focus for Taiwanese ink manufacturer, Everlight Chemical.
Muratec focuses on automation for Chinese market
According to Toshihiro Yamaguchi, general manager of sales and marketing, the Chinese market is keen on innovations such as automatic feeding and bobbin supply, in a climate where wages on the rise.
CEMATEX launches ITMA Sustainable Innovation awards
The organisers of the ITMA textile machinery event have introduced a new award programme to recognise the work of manufacturers and post-graduates in the sustainable development of the global textile and garment industry.
Picanol celebrates 50 years in China
Picanol has published a book celebrating its 50 years of business in China, as the first foreign weaving machinery manufacturer to operate in the country.
Shima Seiki extends technical applications
Shima Seiki is branching out into the technical sector with the development of its new SRY machine.
Jacob Holm to acquire DuPont Sontara business
Jacob Holm has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Sontara business from DuPont Protection Technologies. The sale, which comprises a global nonwovens business with products in the medical and wipes fields, is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Sublimation paper offers brilliance on an industrial scale
With its brilliant colours, high transfer rates and outstanding ink drying properties, Chad Paper Group's newest sublimation paper proved a hit at the FESPA Digital show in Munich.
INDA ‘working on alternative locations’ for IDEA 2016
INDA is to announce the location for the IDEA 2016 nonwovens trade show by the end of next month.
Learn the tricks of the sustainability trade at Texworld USA
Buyers can learn all the latest tricks of the textile trade at this year's Texworld USA summer show in New York.
Stahl renews management team
Chemical specialist Stahl has made a number of changes to its management team to reflect the expansion of its business. Due to the recent acquisition of the Clariant’s leather services business, Stahl now serves the entire leather processing chain, in addition to providing chemicals for performance coatings.
ACIMIT debuts sustainable technology video
A video promoting the progress in sustainable technologies of Italian textile machinery manufacturers has been introduced at ITMA Asia + CITME 2014 in Shanghai, China.
Uster spins a cleaner yarn
Uster Technologies are giving spinners total control over cotton contamination with a revolutionary super-strong yarn cleaner.
Woollen wonders from across the globe
The Woolmark Company launched its latest selection of woollen wonders for men at this year’s Pitti Uomo fashion extravaganza in Florence.
Event heralds renaissance in UK manufacturing
Almost 3,000 visitors attended the first Meet the Manufacturer event, organised by Make it British and held from June 11-12 in London. The event featured manufacturers, factories and craftspeople from all over the UK, with the aim of bringing about the return of British-made fashion and textiles.
News16 Jun 2014INDA launches Impact business intelligence report
INDA has produced a new report offering analysis and market intelligence on the industry-wide events or ‘game-changers’ affecting the nonwovens industry.
Nonwoven production in Greater Europe increased by 2% in 2013
Nonwoven production in Greater Europe (which includes Turkey and the CIS countries of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) reached 2.04 million tonnes in 2013, an increase of 2% compared with the previous year.
Executive Market Report - 16th June 2014
A detailed review of movements in fibre, yarn and fabric prices from the previous week, along with changes in production costs.
Cordura makes debut at Eurosatory
Invista’s Cordura brand fabric making its debut at the airland defence and security trade fair Eurosatory, which starts today. The Invista booth is highlighting gear and apparel featuring thermal performance Cordura Nyco fabric, No Melt/No Drip Cordura baselayer fabrics, as well as Solution-Dyed Nylon Cordura Classic fabrics and webbing.
Profile16 Jun 2014Textil Fab installs SETeMa’s latest generation washing machine
The purchase by the German printer Textil Fab of SETeMa’s new E-Wash system is just the latest chapter in a relationship that goes back nine years.
Conference to discuss Chinese impact on coatings industry
The global head of textile coatings at Bayer MaterialScience will offer his insight into the heavy and growing influence of China on the global coatings industry at an event in November.
Germany’s green machines pave the way
German technology led the way in clean, green cost-cutting efficiency at this year's ITMA ASIA show.
Wool Market Report - 16th June 2014
A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.
RadiciGroup receives EPD process certification
Radici Novacips, headquarters of the RadiciGroup Plastics business area, has achieved Environment Product Declaration (EPD) Process Certification, which recognises its capability to handle the process for the preparation and internal verification of EPDs.